Menu
Inshorts
Categories
India
Business
Politics
Sports
Technology
Startups
Entertainment
Hatke
International
Automobile
Science
Travel
Miscellaneous
Fashion
Education
Health & Fitness
For the best experience use inshorts app on your smartphone
inshortsinshorts
Scientists say they made light pulse travel 30x faster than normal
short by Kanishka Pandey / on Friday 5 April, 2019
University of Central Florida researchers have claimed to develop a way to control the speed of a light pulse in free space. Scientists claimed they increased its group velocity by 30 times and also made it travel backwards without using any pass-through material. A spatial light modulator device was used to mix space and time properties of light, researchers said.
read more at Phys
US lawmaker criticises Biden's team over Adani probe, says 'Can damage ties with India'
short by Arshiya Chopra / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
US' Republican lawmaker Lance Gooden has called out the Biden administration's decision to probe billionaire Gautam Adani's companies in a letter to Attorney General. He called it a disruption before Donald Trump's inauguration. He added that the action risks damaging critical alliance with key partner India, "one of America's strongest allies in the Asia-Pacific region".
read more at NDTV
Gambhir's job secure after BGT failure, no action expected against Rohit, Kohli: Report
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir's job is secure despite India failing to qualify for WTC 2023-25 final after losing BGT 1-3 against Australia, as per a report. The report further stated that no action is expected against out-of-form batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and they will feature in the Test series against England.
read more at CricTracker
How would WTC table have looked without over-rate penalties?
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
England would've benefitted the most if there were no penalties for over-rate in the WTC. If they had 22 more points, they'd currently have accumulated 51.52% of points won and would have occupied the third spot. Australia would have accumulated 68.63% of points won and would've guaranteed themselves a WTC final spot even before the series against India got underway.
read more at Wisden
Who is Dr V Narayanan, the next ISRO chief?
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
Dr V Narayanan, who has been appointed the next ISRO chief, is currently Director of ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC). He's a native of Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari. Dr Narayanan is alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur. He completed MTech in Cryogenic Engineering with first rank in 1989 and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the institute in 2001. He joined ISRO in 1984.
read more at Republic World
Sam Altman's sister accuses him of sexually abusing her for 9 years; OpenAI CEO reacts
short by Arshiya Chopra / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's 30-year-old sister Ann filed a lawsuit against him, accusing him of sexually abusing and manipulating her between 1997 and 2006. Sam released a statement with his mother and brothers to deny her claims. "Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims," they said, adding that over the years she has accused them of many things.
read more at Hindustan Times
Dr V Narayanan appointed new ISRO chief
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
Dr V Narayanan has been appointed as the next chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), according to an official notification released on Tuesday. He will succeed the current ISRO chief, Dr S Somanath, on January 14. Dr V Narayanan is currently the Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC).
read more at News18
India's GDP growth to slow sharply to 6.4% in FY25
short by Pragya Swastik / on Tuesday 7 January, 2025
India's real GDP has been estimated to grow by 6.4% in FY 2024-25 compared to 8.2% in FY 2023-24, the first advance estimates of annual GDP for FY 2024-25 show. The latest GDP estimates are at the lowest level in four years, since the COVID-19 pandemic. Nominal GDP witnessed a growth rate of 9.7% in FY 2024-25.
read more at PIB
ED raids BBMP office in corruption probe over water system
short by System User / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
On Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted a raid at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) headquarters, intensifying its investigation into allegations of corruption linked to borewells and reverse osmosis (RO) water systems. The inquiry is expected to last for three days as the ED scrutinizes financial records and related documents.
read more at News Karnataka
Police ordered to address citizens with 'aap' and not 'tu', 'tum' in Agra
short by Arshiya Chopra / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
In Agra, a campaign has been launched to improve police behaviour, with Police Commissioner J Ravinder Goud introducing Courtesy Communication Policy. Under this initiative, Agra Police will address citizens with the respectful term 'aap' instead of the informal 'tum' or 'tu'. Along with this, officers will greet callers with 'Namaste' when answering phones.
read more at News18
Kangana Ranaut urges Priyanka Gandhi to watch Emergency
short by System User / on Wednesday 8 January, 2025
Actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut is busy promoting Emergency, based on the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. She recently revealed her plans to invite the Gandhi-Nehru family for a special screening. Kangana said, "I met Priyanka ji in Parliament, and the first thing I told her was, 'Aapko Emergency dekhni chahiye.' She was very gracious and responded, 'Yeah, maybe'."
read more at Free Press Journal
Load More